If you’ve ever been in a transition with yourself, a loved one, or even your body, then you need to listen to “The Laundress” and watch the music video. “The Laundress” by Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Gabrielle Sterbenz and the accompanying music video directed by Brooklyn-based cinematographer Fletcher Wolfe focuses on a transitioning relationship.

“Song and image come together to examine the roles we fall into when we are in a couple, how those roles obscure our sense of self, and the things that go unsaid between us,” according to a press release.

Sterbenz’s message comes to life in the video through the real-life relationship and transition of Brooklyn-based trans rapper Uncle Meg and his fiancé Clara. Wolfe’s cinematography “[allows] the audience to connect to the song’s universal themes of change, partnership, and identity…giving the viewer an intimate window into the couple’s struggle.”

Watch “The Laundress” music video below. To check out more of Gabrielle Sterbenz’s work, find her performing at the LIC Bar Outdoor Show here and her one-of-a-kind performance work here.